A description of the severity of equestrian-related injuries (ERIs) using clinical parameters and patient-reported outcomes

Papachristos, Alexander; Edwards, Elton; Dowrick, Adam; Gosling, Cameron

doi:10.1016/j.injury.2014.04.017

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“…Aside from the dominance of females in the 10‐ to 20‐year age group, after the age of 60, males began to represent the majority of the injuries. A similar pattern has been discovered previously by Papachristos et al who presented a report on a retrospective review of hospital data on adult horse‐related injuries and found that males dominated in the over 54‐year‐old age group. Similarly, Northey et al found that, while females accounted for 35% of injuries in the 10‐ to 19‐year‐old age group, males were more frequently presenting to hospital for horse‐related injuries than females for those patients aged over 50 years old.…”

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Analyses of injuries to equestrians in a Swedish district over a 16‐year period

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Horse riding is a popular, yet dangerous, sport, and as such, horse-related injuries contribute considerably to the total number of people hospitalized every year. While some investigations have explored this public health issue, many have focused only on hospital registrations or insurance information, while neglecting the cases where the rider may have not required hospitalization. This study investigated the pattern of equestrian injuries in Sweden and examined factors for predicting hospitalized injuries, using visits to hospital, local medical centers, and public dental services.Data were gathered over a 16-year period at all medical facilities within Skaraborg, Sweden, and retrospectively reviewed. There were 7815 horse-related injury events during the study period. The sample of horse-related injuries were largely represented by females (88%) and those aged between 10 and 20 years old. Injuries commonly took place during private/leisure time (90.8%) and in the afternoon. Logistic regression analysis found that older riders were significantly more likely to be admitted to hospital (OR = 1.013), while female riders were less likely to be admitted than males (OR = 0.739). The numbers of people registering at medical facilities due to horse-related injuries are increasing. Therefore, improved intervention measures must be further investigated. K E Y W O R D Sepidemiology, horse, riding, sports

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Analyses of injuries to equestrians in a Swedish district over a 16‐year period

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“…There is a sophisticated body of work documenting injury statistics, identifying horse-related injury risk factors and determining high-risk groups [ 5 , 8 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. Both Australian and International research into horse related injury highlight the importance of encouraging the use of safety standard helmets to be consistently adopted by riders [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. This is further demonstrated by research that charts the positive impact of safety helmet use [ 23 , 24 ].…”

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“…Indeed, Safe Work Australia [ 25 ] advocate the use of Australian standard safety helmets alongside the development of skills and confidence in horse interaction. Yet, despite awareness of the critical importance of helmet use in preventing head injury, adoption by equestrians still lacks consistency [ 11 , 19 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Until the use of helmets whilst riding horses is legislated in Australia, there is an urgent need to improve voluntary use.…”

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“…Recommendations to increase helmet use and improve overall safety typically include training, education, and awareness-raising activities such as wider dissemination of injury statistics [ 12 , 19 , 25 , 27 ]. However, increasing the levels of risk literacy amongst equestrians may not necessarily lead to safer equestrian practices [ 29 ].…”

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Helmet Use Amongst Equestrians: Harnessing Social and Attitudinal Factors Revealed in Online Forums

Haigh¹,

Thompson²

2015

Animals

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Simple SummaryEpidemiological research details a high rate of horse-related injury, despite technical countermeasures being widely available and largely affordable. Whilst barriers to engaging in preventative behavior such as helmet-use have been identified, less attention has been given to enabling factors. These factors could contribute to the design of more effective injury prevention interventions. To identify barriers as well as enablers in an Australian context, we explored how riders discussed helmet use amongst one another in an online setting. Our analysis revealed that social relations heavily influenced safety behavior. In particular, we identified three attitudes that affected helmet use: “I Can Control Risk”, “It Does Not Feel Right” and “Accidents Happen”.AbstractEquestrian activities pose significant head injury risks to participants. Yet, helmet use is not mandatory in Australia outside of selected competitions. Awareness of technical countermeasures and the dangers of equestrian activities has not resulted in widespread adoption of simple precautionary behaviors like helmet use. Until the use of helmets whilst riding horses is legislated in Australia, there is an urgent need to improve voluntary use. To design effective injury prevention interventions, the factors affecting helmet use must first be understood. To add to current understandings of these factors, we examined the ways horse riders discussed helmet use by analyzing 103 posts on two helmet use related threads from two different Australian equestrian forums. We found evidence of social influence on helmet use behaviors as well as three attitudes that contributed towards stated helmet use that we termed: “I Can Control Risk”, “It Does Not Feel Right” and “Accidents Happen”. Whilst we confirm barriers identified in previous literature, we also identify their ability to support helmet use. This suggests challenging but potentially useful complexity in the relationship between risk perception, protective knowledge, attitudes, decision-making and behavior. Whilst this complexity is largely due to the involvement of interspecies relationships through which safety, risk and trust are distributed; our findings about harnessing the potential of barriers could be extended to other high risk activities.

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“…Following an explanation of all procedures, risks and benefits, each volunteer signed their informed consent form to participate in the study. The study protocol followed the procedures of the Helsinki declarations and it was approved by a Human Research Information were collected by self-reported questionnaire which was developed based on a literature review and the clinical experience of the investigators (PATTUSSI et al, 2008;PAPACHRISTOS et al, 2014). It contained questions concerning anatomical site of the MSIs, hours of physical activities per week, type of activities at the moment of injury and days of absences in physical activities.…”

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Incidence rate of musculoskeletal injuries in brazilian army

Neves¹,

Garcia²,

Oliveira³

et al. 2018

Biosci. J.

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The incidence of musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) is a constant concern in all Armed Forces. Among risk factors for MSIs, physical training and sports can be considered the most frequent cause in military. In this sense, the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence rate of musculoskeletal injuries, identifying the anatomical distribution and its association with risk factors such as: body composition, age and physical training over the past 12 months. Three hundred fifty-one male cadets from the first year of the Brazilian Army officers training course and four hundred and fifty six students from the logistics sergeants training course (three hundred seventy-five male and eighty one female) volunteered to fill in a self-reported questionnaire which was developed based on a literature review and the clinical experience of the investigators. It contained questions concerning anatomical site of the MSIs, hours of physical activities per week, type of activities at the moment of injury and days of absences in physical activities. Among 807 subjects studied, 180 military have reported 220 MSIs. From this total, 143 have presented a single injury, 34 have suffered two injuries and three subjects have had three injuries each one during the last 12 months. Knee was the anatomical site with the higher incidence (7.06%) of MSIs over a 12-month period. Running was the activity with the higher incidence (11.77%) of injuries over a 12-month, accounting for 43.18% of all MSIs. When considered all activities of physical training, the MSIs incidence rate over a 12-month was 17.97%, which represents 71.36% of all MSIs. In young militaries, the largest amount musculoskeletal injuries occurred in the lower extremities and during military physical training, with running being the main activity in which the injuries occurred. Population, gender and body composition was not significantly associated with these types of injuries, while older age was associated in this study. The gradual and systematic progression of distance and speed during running training should be emphasized to prevent MSIs.

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A description of the severity of equestrian-related injuries (ERIs) using clinical parameters and patient-reported outcomes

Cited by 24 publications

References 20 publications

Analyses of injuries to equestrians in a Swedish district over a 16‐year period

Analyses of injuries to equestrians in a Swedish district over a 16‐year period

Helmet Use Amongst Equestrians: Harnessing Social and Attitudinal Factors Revealed in Online Forums

Incidence rate of musculoskeletal injuries in brazilian army

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